# Board of Supervisors Minutes: February 6, 2024

- Meeting date: 2024-02-06
- Document type: minutes
- Source format: PDF
- Extracted pages: 24
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## Structured legislative records

### File 231144: Planning, Administrative Codes - Code Corrections Ordinance

- Pages: 9-10
- Vote 1: first-reading
  - Action: 231144 [Planning, Administrative Codes - Code Corrections Ordinance] Ordinance amending the Planning and Administrative Codes to correct typographical errors, update outdated cross-references, and make non-substantive revisions to clarify or simplify Code language; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and adopting findings of public necessity, convenience, and general welfare under Planning Code, Section 302. (Planning Department) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

### File 231165: Fire Code - Lithium-Ion Batteries in Powered Mobility Devices

- Pages: 10
- Sponsors: Peskin; Preston, Melgar, Chan and Mandelman
- Vote 1: first-reading
  - Action: 231165 [Fire Code - Lithium-Ion Batteries in Powered Mobility Devices] Sponsors: Peskin; Preston, Melgar, Chan and Mandelman Ordinance amending the Fire Code to provide fire protection standards for the charging and storage of lithium-ion batteries used in powered mobility devices (such as electric bikes, scooters, skateboards, and hoverboards), prohibit use of damaged lithium-ion batteries in such devices, prohibit use of lithium-ion batteries assembled or reconditioned using cells removed from used batteries in such devices, and require the Fire Department to conduct an informational campaign; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to forward this Ordinance to the California Building Standards Commission upon final passage. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton
- Vote 2: other
  - Action: Supervisor Stefani Excused from Voting Supervisor Stefani requested to be excused from voting on File No. 231191, due to a possible conflict of interest. Supervisor Melgar, seconded by Supervisor Mandelman, moved that Supervisor Stefani be excused from voting on File No. 231191. The motion carried by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Walton
  - Excused: Stefani

### File 231191: Implementation of Gashouse Cove Project - Marina Yacht Harbor

- Pages: 10-11
- Sponsors: Safai; Peskin, Chan and Preston
- Vote 1: first-reading
  - Action: 231191 [Implementation of Gashouse Cove Project - Marina Yacht Harbor] Sponsors: Safai; Peskin, Chan and Preston Ordinance prohibiting the Recreation and Park Department and Planning Department from performing environmental review of, or otherwise implementing, a project to clean up and reconstruct the Marina Yacht Harbor in a manner that would extend the West Harbor Marina by more than 150 feet from its current boundary. (Supervisor Stefani was excused from voting on First Reading.) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Walton
  - Excused: Stefani

## Extracted text

### [Page 10](https://sfbos.info/documents/976/2024-02-06-minutes#page-10)

Board of Supervisors                             Meeting Minutes                                               2/6/2024



231165 [Fire Code - Lithium-Ion Batteries in Powered Mobility Devices]
            Sponsors: Peskin; Preston, Melgar, Chan and Mandelman
            Ordinance amending the Fire Code to provide fire protection standards for the charging and storage of
            lithium-ion batteries used in powered mobility devices (such as electric bikes, scooters, skateboards,
            and hoverboards), prohibit use of damaged lithium-ion batteries in such devices, prohibit use of
            lithium-ion batteries assembled or reconditioned using cells removed from used batteries in such
            devices, and require the Fire Department to conduct an informational campaign; affirming the
            Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and directing
            the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to forward this Ordinance to the California Building Standards
            Commission upon final passage.
            PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani,
                 Walton



Supervisor Stefani Excused from Voting
            Supervisor Stefani requested to be excused from voting on File No. 231191, due to a possible
            conflict of interest.
            Supervisor Melgar, seconded by Supervisor Mandelman, moved that Supervisor Stefani be excused
            from voting on File No. 231191. The motion carried by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 10 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Walton
                 Excused: 1 - Stefani


231191 [Implementation of Gashouse Cove Project - Marina Yacht Harbor]
            Sponsors: Safai; Peskin, Chan and Preston
            Ordinance prohibiting the Recreation and Park Department and Planning Department from performing
            environmental review of, or otherwise implementing, a project to clean up and reconstruct the Marina
            Yacht Harbor in a manner that would extend the West Harbor Marina by more than 150 feet from its
            current boundary.
            (Supervisor Stefani was excused from voting on First Reading.)
            PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 10 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Walton
                 Excused: 1 - Stefani




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